"52 3600/3100"

[dsraven]

Gotta love those good deals that come around every so often. Usually, for me, they come around right AFTER I just bought a new somethingorother(yup, one word)
28 is a good diameter. What's your diff gear ratio?

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Gotta love those good deals that come around every so often. Usually, for me, they come around right AFTER I just bought a new somethingorother(yup, one word)
28 is a good diameter. What's your diff gear ratio?

3:08 or 3:23 posi . lol I can't remember. came out of a 78 nova i think. my dad got it for me of a buddy. it was free so ill take it ha

[Mains52]

I was able to get my motor mounts tacked in today. As well as get the old seat frame out and test fit the new seat. I am pretty sure its mandatory to sit in the seat and take an imaginary drive right?

[8man]

Looking good.

[dsraven]

seat fits pretty well.
have you mocked up the exhaust manifolds with the new motormounts?
I guess your "test drive" didn't leave spit on the windows since you had the air conditioning on at the time, haha.

[dsraven]

and what is that in the front of the bay? are you secretly squirrelling away a task force truck there?

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by dsraven

and what is that in the front of the bay? are you secretly squirrelling away a task force truck there?

Yes sir. I bought a 59 apache 36 for my father in law a while back for his retirement, but he's not really a car nut so he didn't realize the type of money that it takes to restore them and he told me to sell it if I wanted. I told him Id do some floor pans, door steps , and some other metal work and get it running and driving and stopping. Then the rest was up to how much he wanted to invest in it. He thought I was going to restore the whole truck without spending money LOL . My wife said hell no that's my truck now lol. I have a running driving 91 chevy 2500 4x4 that will be donating its running gear and frame for the 36. I always think the TF 4x4 's look cool as **** . I bought it for 500 so I'm not out much YET. With two kids it almost a must to have two trucks, 4 of us wont fit in the AD that's for sure. I'm eager to see what I can get done today.

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by dsraven

seat fits pretty well.
have you mocked up the exhaust manifolds with the new motormounts?
I guess your "test drive" didn't leave spit on the windows since you had the air conditioning on at the time, haha.

I am using LS3 manifolds so it should work but to be honest I didnt even think about it lol

[gigamanx]

Originally Posted by Mains52

I was able to get my motor mounts tacked in today. As well as get the old seat frame out and test fit the new seat. I am pretty sure its mandatory to sit in the seat and take an imaginary drive right?

It sure is! Or do like I did, I taped the steering wheel to a broom handle and stuck it through so I could get a feel for what it would be like driving Nice progress!

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by gigamanx

It sure is! Or do like I did, I taped the steering wheel to a broom handle and stuck it through so I could get a feel for what it would be like driving Nice progress!

HAHA the broomstick column Ill have to try that and see what look my wife gives me ha. The fire is lit damn it. This truck will start and run by my 33rd birthday Aug 30th . I know that goal seems feasible but I always have multiple irons in the fire.